The dream life of citizens
Subtitle: late Victorian novels and the fantasy of the state
By: Zarena Aslami
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780823241996
Subjects: State, The, in literature; Politics and literature; English fiction; Social problems in literature; History and criticism; In literature; History
Other titles: Victorian novels and the fantasy of the state
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the lyricism of the State; title: An imperial origin story : aloof rule in Schreiner's The story of an African farm; title: "Rather a geographical expression than a country" : State fantasy and the production of Victorian Afghanistan; title: The rise of The State as a sympathetic liberal subject in Hardy's The woodlanders; title: The space of optimism : State fantasy and the case of Gissing's The odd women; title: Hysterical citizenship in Grand's The heavenly twins; title: Coda.